Prep Roundup: A look at Thursday's high school sports highlights

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Hillside PG Mylea McKennith commits to Lander
DURHAM — Hillside High School point guard Mylea McKennith has verbally committed to play women’s basketball this fall at Lander University in Greenwood, S.C.
Hillside coach Ovester Grays announced the 5-foot-6 McKennith’s decision on Thursday. She will sign a national letter of intent during the spring signing period which begins April 17.— Herald-Sun sportswriter John McCann

INDOOR TRACK
State championship meets set for Saturday in Winston-Salem
CHAPEL HILL — State indoor track and field championships will be held in two classifications — 1-A/2-A/3-A and 4-A — on Saturday at the JDL Fast Track facility in Winston-Salem on Saturday.
The 1-A/2-A/3-A meet, which will include teams and local qualifiers from the Carolina 12 1-A/2-A Conference and the Carolina 6 3-A Conference, begins at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The 4-A title meet begins at 4 p.m. and will include teams and local qualifiers from the PAC-6 4-A.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
D.A. 39, NRCA 36
RALEIGH — Cha’Mia Rothwell scored a game-high 21 points and Robin Blazin, Dana Williams and Amanda Lawrence each had a team-high six rebounds as the Cavaliers won at North Raleigh Christian Academy Thursday.
The win lifted D.A. (18-9, 7-3 TISAC) into sole possession of second place in the Triangle Independent Schools Athletic Conference behind Cary Academy (17-5, 8-0). NRCA (14-6, 5-3) had been alone in second entering the game.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL
D.A. 53, NRCA 40
RALEIGH — Sophomore post star Alston Thompson scored 22 points as Durham Academy (21-7, 5-3 TISAC) maintained sole possession of second place in the Triangle Independent Schools Athletic Conference race Thursday night.
The Cavaliers trailed by five points, 13-8, at the end of the first quarter, but outscored North Raleigh Christian Academy (11-11, 2-5) 12-4 in the second and never looked back.